Reimagining Business Education Through the Pedagogy of the Little Bird: Acknowledging Tensions in Plural Decolonial Projects

In this narrative essay, we seek to reflect on the tensions of plural decolonial pedagogical projects in management education experiences at a business school. The experiences narrated were guided by the Pedagogy of the Little Bird (PLB), developed by the Xukuru people of Ororubá, Brasil. Some contributions of this work to management education in business schools are to highlight the significance of Indigenous pedagogies for designing more inclusive curricula, to present practical experiences guided by indigenous pedagogy and to recognise tensions in plural decolonial pedagogical projects, especially when in dialogue with modern institutions. In view of this, the text presents generative questions, so that they can take the debate forward in different contexts of business schools.